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ABSTRACT

X&lt;((R1-)C=CH-C(-C(-R2)=C&lt;(-CH=C(-R1)-X-(R1-)C=CH-))-CH-C(-R1) =) Z(-) II X REPRESENTS A HETERO ATOM SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN OXYGEN AND A SULFUR ATOM; AND ZO IS AN ANIONIC FUNCTION. THIS INVENTION RELATES TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS SENSTITIZERS FOR ORGANIC PHOTOCONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS HAVING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMULAS: X&lt;((R1-)C=C-(R1-)C=CH-C(-C(-R2)=C&lt;(-CH=C(-R1)-X-(R1-)C=CH-)) WHEREIN: R1 REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM, AN ALKYL RADICAL HAVING 1 TO ABOUT 15 CARBON ATOMS, A SUBSTITUTED ALKYL RADICAL WHEREIN THE ALKYL MOIETY CONTAINS FROM 1 TO ABOUT 15 CARBON ATOMS AND WHEREIN THE SUBSTITUENTS ARE PHENYL RADICALS OR ALKOXY RADICALS CONTAINING 1 TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS, A PHENYL RADICAL, AND A SUBSTITUTED PHENYL RADICAL, HAVING AS SUBSTITUENTS ALKYL RADICALS HAVING 1 TO ABOUT 15 CARBON ATOMS OR ALKOXY RADICALS HAVING 1 TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS; R2 REPRESENTS R1 AND A RADICAL HAVING THE FOLLOWING FORMULA; -CO-R1 =) Z(-) I

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PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 21, 1972 R! I I R O= X lg Z R II. R1 r (I): /X X R1 Elle R X/ Ze wherein:

R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical having 1 to about 15 carbon atoms, a substituted alkyl radical wherein the alkyl moiety contains from 1 to about 15 carbon atoms and wherein the substituents are phenyl radicals or alkoxy radicals containing 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl radical, and a substituted phenyl radical having as substituents alkyl radicals having 1 to about 15 carbon atoms or alkoxy radicals having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;

R represents R and a radical having the following formula:

X represents a hetero atom selected from the group consisting of an oxygen and a sulfur atom; and

Z is an anionic function. 

